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ArticleApplied health economics and health policy2018

Economic Implications of Pathogen Reduced and Bacterially Tested Platelet Components: A US Hospital Budget Impact Model.

Katherine M Prioli, Julie Katz Karp, Nina M Lyons, Vera Chrebtow, Jay H Herman, Laura T Pizzi

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Katherine M PrioliCenter for Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics, Rutgers University, 160 Frelinghuysen Road, Suite 417, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA.
Julie Katz KarpDepartment of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Nina M LyonsThomas Jefferson University, 901 Walnut Street, Suite 901, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Vera ChrebtowGlobal Marketing and Communications, Cerus Corporation, 2550 Stanwell Drive, Concord, CA, 94520, USA.
Jay H HermanDepartment of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Laura T PizziCenter for Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics, Rutgers University, 160 Frelinghuysen Road, Suite 417, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA. laura.pizzi@rutgers.edu.

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backgroundUS FDA draft guidance includes pathogen reduction (PR) or secondary rapid bacterial testing (RT) in its recommendations for mitigating risk of platelet component (PC) bacterial contamination. An interactive budget impact model was created for hospitals to use when considering these technologies.

methodsA Microsoft Excel model was built and populated with base-case costs and probabilities identified through literature search and a survey of US hospital transfusion service directors. Annual costs of PC acquisition, testing, wastage, dispensing/transfusion, sepsis, shelf life, and reimbursement for a mid-sized hospital that purchases all of its PCs were compared for four scenarios: 100% conventional PCs (C-PC), 100% RT-PC, 100% PR-PC, and 50% RT-PC/50% PR-PC.

resultsAnnual total costs were US$3.64, US$3.67, and US$3.96 million when all platelets were C-PC, RT-PC, or PR-PC, respectively, or US$3.81 million in the 50% RT-PC/50% PR-PC scenario. The annual net cost of PR-PC, obtained by subtracting annual reimbursements from annual total costs, is 6.18% above that of RT-PC. Maximum usable shelf lives for C-PC, RT-PC, and PR-PC are 3.0, 5.0, and 3.6 days, respectively; hospitals obtain PR-PC components earliest at 1.37 days.

conclusionThe model predicts minimal cost increase for PR-PC versus RT-PC, including cost offsets such as elimination of bacterial detection and irradiation, and reimbursement. Additional safety provided by PR, including risk mitigation of transfusion-transmission of a broad spectrum of viruses, parasites, and emerging pathogens, may justify this increase. Effective PC shelf life may increase with RT, but platelets can be available sooner with PR due to elimination of bacterial detection, depending on blood center logistics.

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Bacterial InfectionsBlood Component RemovalBlood PlateletsBlood Specimen CollectionBudgetsHospital CostsHumansModels, EconometricPlatelet TransfusionUnited States

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PMCPMC6244623

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